The present invention pertains to present invention relates to a device comprising conjugate/s, and uses thereof in depleting at least one amine, specifically ammonia from body fluids. The present disclosure further provides systems, apparatus, conjugates, plurality of conjugates, and methods. More specifically, the conjugate comprising a particle bonded to at least one linker comprising a chain of n carbon atoms covalently bonded to m carbonyl groups, and at least one trapping agent A covalently bonded to the m.sup.th carbonyl group, (Formula I) wherein, n is an integer within the range of 5 to 15, and m is an integer within the range of 5 to 10, wherein trapping agent A is characterized by having the ability to capture or bind amine. In some optional embodiments, the amine is at least one of methylamine, dimethylamine or trimethylamine. In some embodiments, the linker of the conjugate of the disclosed device comprises a straight chain alkane and m carbonyl groups

This disclosure pertains to performance enhancing conditioning and storage solvents containing low levels of buffer and salt for reproducible and improved size exclusion chromatography (SEC). In some embodiments, the present disclosure pertains to storage solvents for protein-based size exclusion chromatography that comprise water, a water-miscible organic solvent, a phosphate salt, and a neutral salt. In some embodiments, the present disclosure pertains to columns for protein-based size exclusion chromatography that comprise porous particles and such a storage solvent

Novel chromatographic materials for chromatographic separations, columns, kits, and methods for preparation and separations with a superficially porous material comprising a substantially nonporous core and one or more layers of a porous shell material surrounding the core. The material of the invention is comprised of superficially porous particles and a narrow particle size distrution. The material of the invention is comprised of a superficially porous monolith, the substantially nonporous core material is silica; silica coated with an inorganic/organic hybrid surrounding materia; a magnetic core material; a magnetic core material coated with silica; a high thermal conductivity core material; a high thermal conductivity core material coated with silica; a composite material; an inorganic/organic hybrid surrounding material; a composite material coated with silica; a magnetic core material coated with an inorganic/organic hybrid surrounding material; or a high thermal conductivity core material coated with an inorganic/organic hybrid surrounding material.

The present invention provides novel chromatographic materials, e.g., for chromatographic separations, processes for its preparation and separations devices containing the chromatographic material; separations devices, chromatographic columns and kits comprising the same; and methods for the preparation thereof. The chromatographic materials of the invention are high purity chromatographic materials comprising a chromatographic surface wherein the chromatographic surface comprises a hydrophobic surface group and one or more ionizable modifier.

Porous hybrid inorganic/organic materials comprising ordered domains are disclosed. Methods of making the materials and use of the materials for chromatographic applications are also disclosed.

A carbon-based porous material microscopically exhibiting a three-dimension 1 cross-linked net-like hierarchical pore structure, a specific surface area of 500˜2,500 m.sup.2/g and a water contact angle greater than 90°. The surface of the carbon-based porous material has a through hierarchical pore structure with mesopores nested in macropores and micropores nested in mesopores, the content of mesopores is high, and there are more adsorption activity sites exposed on the surface of the material, so that the diffusion path for organic gas molecules in the adsorption process is shortened. At the same time, the absorption and desorption rates may also be accelerated and the desorption temperature may be lowered. Furthermore, benefits result for solving the desorption and recovery problems of organic gas molecules. Moreover, the defects of ordinary porous carbon materials being easily hygroscopic, having a weakened capacity to adsorb target gas molecules in a humid environment, etc. are further effectively solved.

Disclosed in certain embodiments are carbon dioxide sorbents that include porous particles impregnated with an amine compound.

The present invention provides novel chromatographic materials, e.g., for chromatographic separations, processes for its preparation and separations devices containing the chromatographic material; separations devices, chromatographic columns and kits comprising the same; and methods for the preparation thereof. The chromatographic materials of the invention are high purity chromatographic materials comprising a chromatographic surface wherein the chromatographic surface comprises a hydrophobic surface group and one or more ionizable modifier.

In various aspects, the present disclosure pertains to high purity chromatographic materials that comprise a chromatographic surface wherein the chromatographic surface comprises a hydrophobic modifier and an ionizable modifier comprising one or more anion exchange moieties that are positively charged when ionized, as well as devices containing such materials. In other aspects, the present disclosure provides methods for mixed mode, anion exchange reversed phase liquid chromatography comprising: (a) loading a sample comprising a plurality of acidic analytes (e.g., acidic glycans) onto a chromatographic separation device comprising such a high purity chromatographic material and (b) eluting adsorbed acidic analytes from the high purity chromatographic material with a mobile phase comprising water, organic solvent, and an organic acid salt, wherein during the course of elution a pH of the mobile phase, an ionic strength of the mobile phase, and a concentration of the organic solvent are altered over time.

The present disclosure relates to non-hemolytic adsorbent compositions useful for isolating, enumerating, accounting, and removing the disease-causing toxic constituents in the blood. The said compositions are useful in identifying the disease, disease status, and validating the efficacy of the therapeutic treatment being administered for the treatment of the disease. Methods for isolating, enumerating, accounting, and removing disease-causing toxic constituents in the blood as well as monitoring the disease status and validating the efficacy of the therapeutic treatment being administered for the treatment of the disease are disclosed.